How the new White House flagpoles measure up to DC monuments
President Trump has installed nearly 100-foot flagpoles in the North and South lawns of the White House, and we compared their height to the heights of other Washington, D.C., landmarks.
President Trump has installed nearly 100-foot flagpoles in the North and South lawns of the White House, and we compared their height to the heights of other Washington, D.C., landmarks.
President Trump has installed nearly 100-foot flagpoles in the North and South lawns of the White House, and we compared their height to the heights of other Washington, D.C., landmarks.
The White House on Wednesday installed two new flagpoles on the North and South lawns, which President Donald Trump will pay for out of his own pocket.
The two 88-foot poles are set to rival the heights of monuments and memorials in the area.
So, how do the flagpoles measure up to landmarks in Washington, D.C.?
The National Mall and Memorial Parks includes more than a dozen units of the National Park System and more than 100 unique monuments and memorials.
The three big monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C., are the Washington Monument and the Jefferson and Lincoln memorials, standing at 555 feet, 129 feet and 99 feet, respectively.
The flagpoles rival the size of the White House itself, which stands at 70 feet on the south and 60 feet, 4 inches on the north, according to , not counting the height of the U.S. flag already perched on the rooftop.
Trump said each pole cost him about $50,000.